2024 population: 752,772 ( 20,991 from 2020)
Land area: 2126.4 square miles
Population density: 354.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	495,470	65.82%	1.1%
Black:	46,210	6.14%	6.0%
Indian:	4,405	0.59%	1.1%
Asian:	27,612	3.67%	15.6%
2+ races:	31,847	4.23%	10.4%
Hispanic:	147,228	19.56%	13.1%

Total non-White:	257,302	34.18%	11.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	39,077	13.3
Deaths:	25,115	8.6
Net Migration:	705	0.2
Net Immigration:	6,073	2.1

Change in White population:	-5,337	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	26,328	3.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
731,781
500,807	68.44%
43,581	5.96%
4,453	0.61%
23,895	3.27%
28,854	3.94%
130,191	17.79%
230,974	31.56%

2010
622,263
447,947	71.99%
35,792	5.75%
3,693	0.59%
18,403	2.96%
21,616	3.47%
93,665	15.05%
174,316	28.01%

2000
516,929
393,819	76.18%
32,393	6.27%
3,296	0.64%
13,936	2.70%
14,110	2.73%
58,401	11.30%
123,110	23.82%

1990
397,014
323,616	81.51%
27,445	6.91%
3,006	0.76%
9,515	2.40%
n/a
33,432	8.42%
73,398	18.49%

1980
309,424
258,143	83.43%
18,803	6.08%
1,379	0.45%
5,374	1.74%
n/a
25,310	8.18%
51,281	16.57%

1970
235,972
201,881	85.55%
11,180	4.74%
585	0.25%
1,318	0.56%
n/a
20,115	8.52%
34,091	14.45%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
86,297	13.9
39,017	6.3
39,476	6.3
11,284	1.8

52,860	8.5
56,658	9.1

Number	Rate
2000's
80,025	15.5
30,690	5.9
29,699	5.7
5,531	1.1

54,128	10.5
51,206	9.9

Number	Rate
1990's
77,188	19.4
25,195	6.3
45,925	11.6
4,180	1.1

70,203	17.7
49,712	12.5

Number	Rate
1980's
69,880	22.6
19,200	6.2
39,188	12.7
n/a

65,473	21.2
22,117	7.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
29,918	12.7
n/a

56,262	23.8
17,190	7.3

Age, Family & Household Data for El Paso County, CO

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
34.7
171,802	11.6%
1,312,751	88.4%
97,399	6.6%

276,371
2.57

186,698	67.6%
146,588	78.5%
14,392	7.7%
89,673	32.4%

2010
Number	Percent
34.1
162,676	26.1%
459,587	73.9%
62,051	10.0%

235,959
2.56

160,489	68.0%
123,304	76.8%
16,890	10.5%
75,470	32.0%

2000
Number	Percent
33.0
142,140	27.5%
374,789	72.5%
44,578	8.6%

192,599
2.60

135,068	70.1%
109,095	80.8%
12,783	9.5%
57,531	29.9%

1990
Number	Percent
30.3
109,078	27.5%
287,936	72.5%
31,674	8.0%

147,227
2.59

104,914	71.3%
87,464	83.4%
9,716	9.3%
42,313	28.7%

1980
Number	Percent
27.0
90,601	29.3%
218,823	70.7%
20,797	6.7%

108,203
2.72

79,910	73.9%
68,654	85.9%
6,895	8.6%
28,293	26.1%

2022 Housing Data for El Paso County, CO

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,132	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,739	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	6,996	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	7,478	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	9,001	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	8,518	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	9,457	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	9,530	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	8,681	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	19,438	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	28,891	10.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	39,125	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	30,757	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	23,023	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	28,108	10.2%
$200,000 or more	30,497	11.0%

Median Household Income	82,748
Per Capita Income	41,444

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	93
Compared to U.S.	106

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	10,439	3.8%
Public Assistance	6,649	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	25,921	9.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	270,233	68.5%
Unemployed	14,997	3.8%
In Armed Forces	26,474	6.7%

Total Labor Force	311,704	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	82,690	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	122,453	95,504	56.2%
Non-Profit	11,671	20,999	35.7%
Self-Employed	20,784	14,856	58.3%

Local Government	10,784	15,973	40.3%
State Government	3,469	5,324	39.5%
Federal Government	13,581	5,993	69.4%

Total Private + Self	143,237	110,360	56.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	39,505	48,289	45.0%
Total	182,742	158,649	53.5%

Pct. Govt.	16.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	59,544	17.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	70,507	20.6%
Professional, Technical	94,121	27.5%
Service Occupations	56,499	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	684	0.2%
All others	61,603	18.0%

White Collar		65.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	47,898	14.0%
Retail trade	38,370	11.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	33,984	9.9%
Educational services	33,053	9.7%
Construction	26,504	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	24,144	7.1%
Manufacturing	20,319	5.9%
Other services	19,396	5.7%
Public administration	18,457	5.4%
Finance and insurance	18,298	5.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	15,650	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	12,385	3.6%
Information	8,666	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,275	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	7,158	2.1%
Wholesale trade	5,345	1.6%
Utilities	2,923	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,523	0.4%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	589	0.2%
Management	337	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	80,067	10.96%
Puerto Rican	10,754	1.47%
Cuban	2,592	0.35%
Dominican	1,260	0.17%

Total Central American	6,141	0.84%
Costa Rican	156	0.02%
Guatemalan	1,224	0.17%
Honduran	1,391	0.19%
Nicaraguan	579	0.08%
Panamanian	1,333	0.18%
Salvadoran	1,365	0.19%
Other Central American	93	0.01%

Total South American	4,754	0.65%
Argentinean	538	0.07%
Bolivian	91	0.01%
Chilean	428	0.06%
Colombian	1,679	0.23%
Ecuadorian	396	0.05%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%
Peruvian	1,148	0.16%
Uruguayan	8	0.00%
Venezuelan	465	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	27,436	3.76%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	5,160	0.71%
Korean	4,145	0.57%
Chinese	2,863	0.39%
Indian	1,883	0.26%
Vietnamese	1,739	0.24%
Japanese	1,644	0.23%
Thai	345	0.05%
Taiwanese	238	0.03%
Laotian	173	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	607,625	88.8%
Spanish	49,160	7.2%
German, other Germanic	4,926	0.7%
Other Indo-European	4,137	0.6%
Korean	3,184	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	3,036	0.4%
Other Asian	2,877	0.4%
Tagalog	2,440	0.4%
Other	2,379	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	128,639	17.6%
English	83,773	11.5%
Irish	75,256	10.3%
Italian	33,447	4.6%
American	30,599	4.2%
European	22,200	3.0%
Scottish	19,054	2.6%
Polish	17,481	2.4%
French	17,074	2.3%
Norwegian	14,992	2.1%
Swedish	13,074	1.8%
Dutch	9,468	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	9,070	1.2%
Welsh	6,094	0.8%
British	5,541	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	709,763	97.2%
Not a citizen	20,560	2.8%

Native	680,863	93.2%
Foreign-born	49,460	6.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,879	1.9%	16,016	3.3%	94,713	19.8%	166,845	34.8%	117,443	24.5%	74,968	15.7%
Average years of education: 14.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,879	1.9%
9-12 Years	16,016	3.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	94,713	19.8%
Some College	166,845	34.8%
Bach. Degree	117,443	24.5%
Grad Degree	74,968	15.7%
Average years of education: 14.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	191,688	178,161	13,527	7.1%	5.1%
1991	193,691	180,211	13,480	7.0%	5.3%
1992	199,616	185,099	14,517	7.3%	6.1%
1993	208,845	195,715	13,130	6.3%	5.4%
1994	224,269	213,529	10,740	4.8%	4.2%
1995	237,520	227,021	10,499	4.4%	4.0%
1996	245,807	234,566	11,241	4.6%	4.2%
1997	252,461	243,020	9,441	3.7%	3.4%
1998	260,701	249,706	10,995	4.2%	3.6%
1999	267,248	258,055	9,193	3.4%	3.0%

2000	264,548	256,881	7,667	2.9%	2.7%
2001	269,256	257,911	11,345	4.2%	3.8%
2002	275,623	258,665	16,958	6.2%	5.7%
2003	280,427	262,914	17,513	6.2%	6.1%
2004	286,362	269,894	16,468	5.8%	5.6%
2005	290,271	274,863	15,408	5.3%	5.1%
2006	297,612	284,032	13,580	4.6%	4.2%
2007	300,057	287,425	12,632	4.2%	3.7%
2008	302,182	285,022	17,160	5.7%	4.9%
2009	301,220	275,602	25,618	8.5%	7.9%

2010	305,347	275,510	29,837	9.8%	9.2%
2011	306,825	278,004	28,821	9.4%	8.7%
2012	306,176	278,707	27,469	9.0%	8.0%
2013	306,626	282,804	23,822	7.8%	6.7%
2014	306,538	288,214	18,324	6.0%	5.0%
2015	307,595	293,988	13,607	4.4%	3.7%
2016	314,650	303,352	11,298	3.6%	3.1%
2017	324,873	314,992	9,881	3.0%	2.6%
2018	334,131	321,943	12,188	3.6%	3.0%
2019	340,870	330,086	10,784	3.2%	2.7%

2020	344,120	319,084	25,036	7.3%	7.3%
2021	354,358	334,200	20,158	5.7%	5.4%
2022	358,771	347,092	11,679	3.3%	3.0%
2023	365,168	352,979	12,189	3.3%	3.2%
2024	382,933	366,543	16,390	4.3%	4.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	289,809
Median Value	$390,500

Occupied	276,371	95.4%
Vacant	13,438	4.6%

Owned	183,106	66.3%
Rented	93,265	33.7%
Median Rent	$1,507

Single-Family Units	217,630	75.1%
Detached	194,806	67.2%
Attached	22,824	7.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	48,813	16.8%
Mobile Homes	8,349	2.9%

El Paso County, CO

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for El Paso County, CO

2022 Housing Data for El Paso County, CO

2022 Income & Employment Data for El Paso County, CO

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for El Paso County, CO

2022 Educational Attainment Data for El Paso County, CO

Historical Labor Force Data for El Paso County, CO